Cookies

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy : My website, like most websites, uses cookies to help provide you with the best user experience I can.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded onto your computer, or tablet/smartphone, when you visit a website. Cookies are used by most websites and can do a number of things, like; remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.

Most cookies are designed to either ensure all the website’s features work properly or to provide the website owner with anonymous information about how you use their site so they can make improvements to the user experience. These cookies are known as 1st party cookies.

3rd party cookies are usually related to advertising. Advertisers typically use this type of cookie to see which websites you have visited and then show you targeted adverts that are more relevant to you.

The Cookie Policy rules on cookies are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. The Regulations also cover similar technologies for storing information, eg Flash cookies. The Regulations were revised in 2011, and the ICO is responsible for enforcing these new rules.

How I use cookies : Google Analytics.

My website uses a 1st party cookie to find out how people are using my website (Google Analytics). I use analytics cookies to identify which pages are being used, how they are being used and what methods are being used to view them. This helps me analyse data about webpage traffic and improve my website in order to tailor it to customer needs. I only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and this does not include any personally identifiable information.

What I don’t do:

Remember or store any personally identifiable information

Send information to other websites

Record your visit so advertising on other websites is more relevant to you.

Social Sharing

My website also makes use of social sharing buttons so you can easily ‘Like’ or ‘Share’ my content on the likes of Facebook and Twitter. The privacy implications on this will vary from social network to social network and will be dependent on the privacy settings you have chosen on these networks.

WordPress

On login, wordpress uses the wordpress_[hash] cookie to store your authentication details. Its use is limited to the admin console area, /wp-admin/

After login, wordpress sets the wordpress_logged_in_[hash] cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use.

WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

Overall, cookies help me provide you with a better website by enabling me to monitor which pages and features you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives me access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with me on my contact forms or customer feedback areas. If you do not wish these cookies to be tracked you can disable them in your browser, but this may negatively affect your experience on the site.

Google Adwords and Remarketing.

From time to time I may use Google Adwords to advertise my services using keywords and website placements. I may also use Google Remarketing to advertise online and display adverts to my audience via the Google Display Network. This means that my ads might be shown to you when you visit third-party sites, including Google and Facebook, and cookies are used to serve these ads based on past site visits. You can opt out of this by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

What do the new rules mean?

The Cookie Policy rules require in most cases that websites wanting to use cookies to get your consent. In most cases ‘implied consent’ is considered to be acceptable providing the website owner takes all reasonable steps to ensure the website user is aware cookies are being set and how to disable them.

How will these new rules impact on me when I use the internet?

As organisations start to comply with these Cookie Policy rules you are likely to start to see more information about cookies on sites and be given more choices about these cookies. This might include, for example, being asked to agree to a cookie being used for a particular service, such as remembering your preferences on a site.

Organisations will need to decide on the best way to provide clear information about cookies and to give people using their websites the right choices. They will also want to make sure that the Cookie Policy changes do not adversely affect the experience of people using the internet. This should ensure they find a solution which meets the requirements in a way that works well for their site and meets the needs of people using it.

How can I control my cookies?

Browser controls

You can use your web browser (eg Internet Explorer) to:

delete all cookies

block all cookies

allow all cookies

block third-party cookies

clear all cookies when you close the browser

open a ‘private browsing’ session

install add-ons and plug-ins to extend broswer functionality

Where to find information about controlling cookies

Click on the links below to find out about each specific browser and it’s information on cookies.

Google has developed a browser add-on to allow users to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use this popular analytics product.

New technologies such as Mozilla’s Do Not Track allow you to tell websites not to track you.

Internet Explorer has a feature called Tracking Protection Lists which allows you to import a list of websites you want to block.

External Video Links

“Sad Sack Photograpy” does not host any of the Video links shown on this website. This site does not host any of the content within its own server and it links to the contents uploaded by the popular Online Video hosting sites like Youtube, and other popular video hosts. This website links to these websites either directly or by an embed code. We cannot be held liable for content uploaded by members of 3rd parties’ websites.

“Sad Sack Photograpy” is not responsible for what other people upload to 3rd party sites. We urge all copyright owners, to recognize that the links contained within this site are located somewhere else on the web. If you have any legal issues please contact the appropriate media file owners or their web hosters. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, images, copyrighted work, logos etc referenced herein belong to their respective owners/companies.

If a video/content is violating a copyright issue and you want us to remove that video/content or have any other Query, Please Contact Us.